[dangus]

Climate change and global warming aren't the only problems with gasoline cars.

Just listen to how the news and the average person discuss gas prices. Operating gasoline vehicles requires continuous access to affordably extracted oil. The US is so car-dependent that high gas prices in isolation can impact the economy.

EVs open options and almost certainly stabilize energy pricing more than refined gasoline. They also use less energy overall.

[kimixa]

The idea of cars themselves as we know them may be an issue too - tyres are one of the largest sources of microplastics in the environment, and the infrastructure around them (roads, parking etc.) is a big contributor to disruption of local ecosystems. And the costs to the environment of batteries over their total usable lifecycle, and then to disposal or recycling, is still an ongoing project. They take a lot of energy to produce right now, and have a relatively short lifetime.

Sure, don't let "Perfect" be the enemy of "Better", but it's not the end solution.